Police Kill Man With Machete in the Bronx

Police shot and killed a 69-year-old man with a machete in the Bronx on Tuesday morning. Erica Byfield reports.

(Published Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017)

What to Know

Cops were conducting a search warrant at a building on Brook Avenue near East 138th Street in Mott Haven when they encountered the suspect

He was armed with a machete that had a 2-foot blade, authorities said

Police asked the man to drop the weapon but he refused, cops said; he was shot one time in the chest

Police shot and killed a man armed with a machete early Tuesday in the Bronx, officials say.

The NYPD said officers were conducting a search warrant at an apartment building on Brook Avenue near East 138th Street in Mott Haven around 4:15 a.m. They entered a third-floor apartment and made their way into a back room, where they encountered the armed man threatening officers.

Police ordered the man, identified as 69-year-old Mario Sanabria, to drop the machete, which had a 2-foot blade, but he didn't comply, the NYPD said at a Tuesday morning press conference.

Authorities said he was shot one time in the chest. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

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No officers were injured in the shooting, detectives said. A weapon was recovered at the scene. An elderly man, who was not injured, was also taken to the hospital for observation, police said.

Sanabria was not the man police were looking for, according to officials, but neighbors say he was related to the person police were looking for. Another man who may be involved in the search warrant was detained.